The shadowed figure jumped out of the shadows with his blade drawn to hit Ash.
Unfortunately for the figure, they had pressed on a twig with a lot of force at the start of the jump.
Ash, Pikachu, and Eevee heard it as it was not that subtle.
Ash turned around, and time seemed to slow to a crawl again.
He saw the silhouette of a person of his size descending upon him.
They had horns on their head.
The drawn katana in their hands gleamed in the beam of sunlight that hit it and got reflected in his right eye.
Closing his right eye, he leaned back in fear and started to fall backwards with Yellow in his arms.
The blade's movement arc will miss him, but it will strike Yellow's body.
The blade was a few meters away from striking her.
Three...
"IR..."
Two...
"...ON TA..."
One...
"...IL!"
The blade was a few inches from striking Yellow's body when...
CLANG!!
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When both of them saw the attacker, Pikachu and Eevee knew they had to attack right away. With his Electric typing granting him faster reflexes, and speed than Ash, and Eevee, Pikachu jumped at the attacker faster than Eevee.
He did not know what he was going to do as he jumped. He could use an electric attack, any attack, but he could not decide what to use! As Ash was falling back to dodge the attacker, he yelled something.
"IR..."
Instinctively, he thought back to his bouts with Eevee where he used that move so much, that he nearly learnt that move. He hardened the tail muscles and started gathering energy in his tail. The sword was 3 meters away from striking.
"...ON TA..."
The tail's light was flickering. He could not have that now! Please please please please...
The sword was now two metres away from striking.
"...IL!"
Desperate.
In desperation, he started concentrating energy in his tail more foregoing control. This lapse in control led the energy concentrated in the tail to have a bit of electric aura in it as well. This electricity acted on his tail muscles, tensing them further to make them near rigid.
The sword was now a meter away from striking.
It is really striking to know that a Pokemon are capable of learning the moves of their type and other types depending on their genes under the right conditions and training. Such was the case here as well.
Pikachu had trained his tail muscles and bones under the strenuous effect of gravity, take hits and hit back with his tail. His muscles and the Steel type aura was developing under these conditions but were not enough to be completely stable.
The electrically tensed tail muscles and the concentration of energy at his tail bones and muscles made the Steel type energy cross the threshold required to use the attack Iron Tail enough to be consistent and stable in use.
The energy that covered his tail stabilized and gave it a steel- like strength.
The sword was a few inches away from striking when...
"PIKA!"
CLANG!!
Pikachu's Iron Tail parried the sword and sent it flying, from the surprised attacker's hand.
A second afterwards, Eevee hit the figure's torso and sent it flying away on the ground.
"Oof.."
Ash fell on his back and Yellow woke up from the noise and jerking.
The figure tried to stand up again when the flying and spinning blade descended upon the attacker and dug into the ground near their head, making a small slice on their cheek.
"Hey!..."
Whatever the attacker would have said was shut down when they saw a very pissed duo of a Pikachu and Eevee standing and looking at them ready to attack them if they dared to do anything.